Plastic-free guards are being trialled at the Woodland Trust’s Avoncliff site (Phil Formby/WTML/PA)
The Woodland Trust has pledged to end the use of new plastic tree guards at its sites by the end of the year, to make tree planting more sustainable.
The conservation charity, a major UK tree planter with hopes to plant 10 million saplings each year to 2025, wants to drive “permanent change” in the tree planting sector with its switch away from plastic protectors.
The move by the trust, which currently collects the plastic tubes from its sites and recycles them, comes after trials of green alternatives for protecting young saplings from grazing by deer or rabbits in the early stages of growth.
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PLATINUM JUBILEAF
Queen & Prince Charles pictured planting a tree as they encourage millions to do the same to mark Platinum Jubilee
Updated: 17 May 2021, 0:38
THE Queen and Prince Charles plant a tree in a bid to encourage millions of others around the country to do the same.
Her Majesty’s Green Canopy scheme will see three million saplings planted across the UK as part of an initiative to mark her 70-year platinum jubilee next year.
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The Queen and Prince Charles with the first Jubilee tree in the grounds of Windsor CastleCredit: Getty
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The tree was planted by The Prince of Wales to launch The Queen’s Green CanopyCredit: Getty